Hilltop Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 19 minutes ago, EngineeringHusker said: I'd venture to say it's our talent that keeps us within one score of UM, OU, and MSU. Development is an issue for sure. We've had some recruiting misses for sure. But weve had players transfer and succeed- Avery Roberts, Wandale, Greg bell. Heck, Matt Farniok made an NFL roster. All he had to do was give up our S&C to slim up and gain flexibility. He didn't exactly light it up here, but obviously had the talent and/or measurables. Is there anybody we feel the staff, mostly talking offense here, has made better than when they started? None of the running backs. WRs, not really. JD spielman and Toure were good before. Austin Allen was gonna be an NFL player anyway. Jurgens snaps improved sure, but that should have never been an issue to start with. We've had four years of a QB who plays like a pretty good freshman. He's never progressed past the stage where a player makes sports center top 10 plays but in the same game makes some really awful ones as well- something you expect from a young up and comer, not a four year starter. There may be somebody on offense or special teams the staff has made better, and if so please enlighten me. However, it seems that anybody who is good, is good in spite of the staff and not because of. I do agree with your talent take. Several people have "gotten better", if simply from an experience standpoint. Some players have obviously been developed. I don't really care for these development takes because there is so much that goes into what a guy looks like on game day. A player can be drastically improved but not show it completely for various reasons. Place that player in a different situation, on a different team, and they may look solid. I truly think we over think the performance we see on Saturday from an individual player standpoint. Nebraska is full of players that know what to do and how to do it. Nebraska is bad right now because it's players aren't receiving the right leadership. Scott and staff are afraid to fail and that is rubbing off on the team. Winning takes a belief, and the right mental attitude. Our players, and leaders, seem defeated the second anything doesn't go according to plan. That fear leads to continued mistakes where we lose games that we shouldn't - Illinois, Michigan State, Michigan, and Purdue are the worst examples. Our offense plays nervous... the same way their leader is coaching. Can that be fixed? At this point I'm afraid it can't without leadership changes. 3 Quote Link to comment
Vince R. Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 On 11/2/2021 at 9:00 AM, Hilltop said: I do agree with your talent take. Several people have "gotten better", if simply from an experience standpoint. Some players have obviously been developed. I don't really care for these development takes because there is so much that goes into what a guy looks like on game day. A player can be drastically improved but not show it completely for various reasons. Place that player in a different situation, on a different team, and they may look solid. I truly think we over think the performance we see on Saturday from an individual player standpoint. Nebraska is full of players that know what to do and how to do it. Nebraska is bad right now because it's players aren't receiving the right leadership. Scott and staff are afraid to fail and that is rubbing off on the team. Winning takes a belief, and the right mental attitude. Our players, and leaders, seem defeated the second anything doesn't go according to plan. That fear leads to continued mistakes where we lose games that we shouldn't - Illinois, Michigan State, Michigan, and Purdue are the worst examples. Our offense plays nervous... the same way their leader is coaching. Can that be fixed? At this point I'm afraid it can't without leadership changes. Wonderful explanation here. Quote Link to comment
Hedley Lamarr Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 On 11/2/2021 at 11:00 AM, Hilltop said: I do agree with your talent take. Several people have "gotten better", if simply from an experience standpoint. Some players have obviously been developed. I don't really care for these development takes because there is so much that goes into what a guy looks like on game day. A player can be drastically improved but not show it completely for various reasons. Place that player in a different situation, on a different team, and they may look solid. I truly think we over think the performance we see on Saturday from an individual player standpoint. Nebraska is full of players that know what to do and how to do it. Nebraska is bad right now because it's players aren't receiving the right leadership. Scott and staff are afraid to fail and that is rubbing off on the team. Winning takes a belief, and the right mental attitude. Our players, and leaders, seem defeated the second anything doesn't go according to plan. That fear leads to continued mistakes where we lose games that we shouldn't - Illinois, Michigan State, Michigan, and Purdue are the worst examples. Our offense plays nervous... the same way their leader is coaching. Can that be fixed? At this point I'm afraid it can't without leadership changes. Impossible, Frost has stated many times that he and the team have no fear of failure. 1 Quote Link to comment
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